Tuscany’s Volterra is Italy’s most underrated hill town . Originally published July 28, ... Volterra offers the best sightseeing of all of Italy’s small hill towns.

Volterra: Tuscany’s top hill town. Rick Steves. Just a two-hour drive from jammed-with-tourists Florence, you’ll find what is perhaps Italy’s most underrated hill town: Volterra.

The town is also nicknamed ‘Little Jerusalem’ as it was once home to the largest Jewish community in Italy. The old ghetto buildings survive, including a kosher butcher and a tiny, richly ...

We go to Italy to experience the finesse of Florence, the splish-splash of Venice, ... the lofty perches of Tuscany’s hill towns today seem to protect them only from the modern world.

Wedged between Florence and Rome, Tuscany offers the quintessential Italian experience: sun-soaked hill towns, green and rolling screen saver hills, romantically fortified farms and cypress trees ...

Tuscany, Italy. Add Topic. Rick Steves: Tuscany for beginners. Rick Steves. Wedged between Florence and Rome, rural Tuscany offers the quintessential Italian experience: sun-soaked hill towns, ...

I’m in Volterra, my favourite small town in Tuscany, sitting under rustic, noble stones at the base of a palace that made commoners feel small six centuries ago. Bats burst through the ...

We go to Italy to experience the finesse of Florence, the splish-splash of Venice and the grandeur of Rome, but it's in Tuscany that we find the rustic-yet-elegant essence of "Italia." ...

and in italy, the regions of tuscany and umbria are home to the greatest hill towns, all within easy striking distance of rome or florence. IN THIS EPISODE, WE VISIT CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO, ORVIETO ...